Walter Richard Sickert

Aubrey Beardsley

1894

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Artist: Walter Richard Sickert 1860–1942
Medium: Tempera on canvas
Dimensions: Support: 762 × 311 mm
frame: 1010 × 553 × 61 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Purchased with assistance from the Art Fund 1932
Reference: N04655

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It is thought that this painting shows the artist Aubrey Beardsley walking through Hampstead Church graveyard. He had been attending the unveiling of a memorial to the Romantic poet John Keats. At this time Beardsley was also living with tuberculosis, the disease which had killed Keats. Though elegantly dressed, Beardsley’s figure appears emaciated. The subdued background adds to the poignancy of the image; Beardsley died four years later. The painting was published in the journal Yellow Book when Beardsley was art editor.

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